Organisation : Département Physique et sciences des matériaux
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Engineering meets Quantum Mechanics
En savoir plusIn an interdisciplinary collaboration between computational engineers and physicists from the University of Luxembourg, published in Nature Communications, a method combining quantum and continuum mechanics has been developed and it was shown to lead to a novel discovery of emergent long-range adhesive interactions for atomically-thin layers on top of surfaces.
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Events
ECOSS 35: The 35th European Conference on Surface Science
En savoir plusECOSS is a traditional annual meeting directed jointly by the Surface Science Division of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications (IUVSTA) and the Surface and Interface Section of the European Physical Society (EPS).The conference provides an excellent opportunity for scientists from Europe and from all over the world to meet and discuss…
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How a surface treatment improves the inside of a solar cell
En savoir plusIn the frame of the European project Sharc25, physicists from the University of Luxembourg with European experts have succeeded in explaining the recent efficiency improvements in thin film solar cells. The work of the whole consortium has been published in the prestigious journal Advanced Energy Materials.
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1.2 million euros to explore information, irreversibility and energy
En savoir plusProf. Massimiliano Esposito from the University of Luxembourg together with international scientists have been awarded a large grant from the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi) to explore the relation between information, irreversibility and energy.
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Big Data at the Nanoscale
En savoir plusAn international team of scientists, including physicists from the University of Luxembourg, have reported a comprehensive view-point on how machine learning approaches can be used in Nanoscience to analyse and extract new insights from large data sets, and accelerate material discovery, and to guide experimental design. Moreover, they discuss some of the main physical challenging…
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Taming ultrafast electrons with light
En savoir plusPhysicists from the University of Luxembourg together with European researchers have exploited light to control the motion of electrons in a metallic nanocircuit. This could have major implications for the future of data processing and computing.
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Photonics Online Meetup (POM)
En savoir plusThe first all-online photonics conference, the Photonics Online Meetup (POM) will be live-streamed in Campus Limpertsberg, room BSC 1.03, between 8:00 PM and 1:00 AM on Monday January 13th 2020.The participation to the event will be free of charge for all attendees. Refreshments will be served.The conference will feature internationally renowned scientists as plenary speakers, one for…
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Surfing on Quantum Waves: protein folding revisited
En savoir plusTwo physicists from the University of Luxembourg have now unambiguously shown that quantum-mechanical wavelike interactions are indeed crucial even at the scale of natural biological processes.
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New opportunities for proteins identification using nanotechnology
En savoir plusPhysicists from the University of Luxembourg and their international research partners have reported a comprehensive perspective on how novel nanoscale tools called plasmonic nanopores might improve in an unprecedented manner the way we can discriminate single-molecule DNA bases, and even identify single proteins components, that is amino acids, coming from specific patients.
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The “Physics meets Biology” website is launched!
En savoir plusPhysicists and biologists from the University of Luxembourg have recently launched the « Physics meets Biology » website. This initiative combines expertise in condensed matter physics and systems biology to understand living systems from a quantitative and mechanistic perspective.